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| Singalong: In a musical-themed episode of TV's 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' characters such as Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar)
express their feelings through song. Courtesy of 20th Century Fox |
For 'Buffy,' it's Fandom of the Opera
Television's cult teen heroine continues to vamp on the big-screen in a karaoke singalong that's touring the US.
from the July 6, 2007 edition
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"Plus I'm also theater geek," says Ms. Sacks, who sported a pair of pink rabbit ears ("the easiest costume in the closet").
Streaming into the theater, participants receive goodie bags of finger puppets, confetti poppers, kazoos, and plastic vampire teeth. The audience is the show, McClung says. The preshow warm-up includes fan-made videos, Buffy trivia, and audience members acting out scenes from other episodes.
For the uninitiated, "Once More With Feeling" features a tap-loving demon (played by Broadway star Hinton Battle), whose spell forces the residents of Sunnydale to sing and dance out their deepest secrets in songs ranging from rock opera to showstopper.
And, yes, one of the songs is about evil bunnies.
McClung, a former film studies major, mounted his first Buffy singalong in 2004 while working as a programmer at The Coolidge Corner Theater in Boston. To his surprise, 600 people turned out.
After regular screenings in New York and in Austin, Texas, the Buffy Musical Big Screen Extravaganza launched its first national tour this summer, repeatedly selling out shows.
"I think it's the writing," says McClung. "It's so well written you feel like every character is a little part of you. After all, everyone relates to what it is to be growing up."
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